nerve tissue

/nərv ˌtɪʃu/

Other forms: nerve tissues

Definitions of nerve tissue

1. noun

   tissue composed of neurons
   synonyms: nervous tissue

   types:

   fascicle, fasciculus, fiber bundle, fibre bundle

   a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)

   neuropil, neuropile

   the complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded

   gray matter, gray substance, grey matter, grey substance, substantia grisea

   greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons

   substantia alba, white matter

   whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths

   fornix, trigonum cerebrale

   an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies

   nerve, nervus

   any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body

   nerve pathway, nerve tract, pathway, tract

   a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain

   type of:

   animal tissue

   the tissue in the bodies of animals